Paper-holder.



M. FEDDERN.

PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATLON FILED JAN-23,1917.

1,240,691. v PatentedSpt. 18, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

MENO FEDDERN, OF MIDDLE VILLAGE, NEW YORK.

PAPER-EOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Mario FEDDERN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 139 Wayne street, Middle Village, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In railway coaches or other conveyances, especially in open coaches or even in closed coaches when the draft is permitted to enter the same by opening of the doors for the entrance or exit of passengers or by the openmg of the windows for ventilation, it has been found extremely difficult for a person to hold a newspaper in proper position for reading the contents thereof without having the pages of the said paper interfered with by the air currents, so that the same cannot be intelligently perused. Still again, even when the newspaper is not interfered with by the air currents, the editorial is generally for the sake of convenience held by the reader in its spread condition which at times interferes with the comfort of the other paswhen not in use may be collapsed and folded to provide a small package which may be readily carried in the pocket of the user.

It is a still further object of the invention to produce a collapsible holding device for newspapers which is designed to be so arranged upon the newspaper as to convert the same into a book form, so that the pages thereof may be successfully turned but at all times held in fully open position to the gaze of the reader.

It is a further object of the invention to produce an article of this character which shall be of an extremely simple nature, which may be cheaply manufactured and which can be adjusted to its operative position and readily folded when not in use,

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat gnted Sept 18, 1917.

Application filed January 23, 1917.

Serial No. 144,007.

and which will effectively be sustained in either its folded or inoperative conditions.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims. I

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement,

F ig. 2 is an elevation of the same in its open or operative position,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the central portion of the device illustrating the knuckle joint connection between the side members thereof,

Fig. l is a similar view illustrating the means employed for retaining the pivoted arms or side members in either their open or their closed position,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner in which one of the outer elements of the device is retained in an adjusted position with relation to one of the inner members thereof, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the device folded and collapsed.

While my improvement is primarily adapted for use by travelers or tourists wherein the newspaper is subjected to the influence of wind or drafts, it is tobe understood that the same may if desired be successfully employed in the reading rooms of clubs or homes, etc.

As most of the newspapers are provided with an equal number of news columns, I have found it desirable to cut or tear the said paper at the foldline at the back thereof so that my improvement can be arranged upon the line between the center columns, and also whereby the said paper may be thus converted to book form and the pages, or in reality, the half pages of the paper may be successively turned so that all of the news upon the several columns of the paper mav be accurately perused.

As illustrated by the drawing the device comprises outer substantially U-shaped bail members 11 and inner hinged members 2-2. Each of the inner members 2 comprises a pair of tubular sections 3 and 4 respectively that have their meeting ends flattened and provided with offset rounded portions 55 that abut and that receive section 3 of the inner members 2.

pivot members 6. The outer flat rounded member 5 of one of the sections, say the section 4, is provided with a plurality of depressions 77, the same being preferably arranged in pairs, whereby to receive the inturned members or fingers 88 provided upon a spring member 9 secured to the other By this means it will be noted that the sections may be retained in longitudinal alinement and likewise retained, when the members 3 and t of the inner sections are folded, upon each other. The tubular members 3 and are adapted to receive the legs 1()-10 of the outer substantially U-shaped members 1. The members 3 and '-1 upon their inner edges, for the major portion of their lengths are slotted, as at 11, and the legs 10 of the members 1 are provided each with a lug 12 that passes through the said slots whereby to guide the members 1 when the same are moved either inwardly or outwardly of the tubular sections 3 and t of the inner members 2. The legs 10 of the members 1 are provided with spaced notches 1, and the tubular members 3 and at of the inner members 2 are provided with spring catches 14s that are adapted to engage in the said notches and so hold the outer members in an adjusted or spread condition with relation to the inner members. The catches 11, it will be understood, engage with the outer notches 13 of the members 1 when the said members 1 are fully telescoped in the sections 3 and at of the members 2 and that the said catches engage successively in the remaining notches in accordance with the adjustment in an outward direction of the said members 1 with respect to the inner members 2, and by this means it will be noted that the device can be opened a desired length to receive newspapers of varying sizes. As the device is preferably constructed of metal, the same will necessarily yield from the center thereof, so that the improvement can be readily arranged upon a newspaper as will, it is thought, be perfectly understood, and it will be noted that the lugs 12, contacting with the end walls of the slots 11 will limit both the inward and out ward movement o f the members 1 with respect to the sections 3 and st of the members 2.

It is, of course, to be understood that only one of the legs 10 will be notched. and that the tubular members 3 and at upon only one of the inner members or sections 2 may be provided with spring catches 14 to engage with the notches.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a newspaper holder of the class de scribed, a pair of inner tubular members, outer substantially Usshaped members telescopically engaging the tubular members, means for limiting the longitudinal mov ment of the outer members with respect to the inner members, and means for adjustably retaining the outer members adjustable with relation to the inner members.

In a. newspaper holder of the class described, inner tubular nenibers comprising each a pair of hinged sections, outer U- shaped members having their legs telescopi cally received in the tubular members, and means at the joint of the tubular members for holding the said members in alinement and for retaining the said members when folded against each other.

In a newspaper holder of the class described, inner tubular members, each comprising a pair of pivoted sections, spring means upon one of the sections of each of the members engaging with the other section of the said members for retaining the members in alinement and for retaining the members when folded together, outer U- shaped members having their legs telescopically received in the inner tubular members, said legs being notched, and spring catches upon the tubular members disposed to engage with the notches.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MENU FEDDERN.

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